Square Rigged Ship Weathervane
Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Depicting a square rigged ship. There are three masts with four brailed sails (one is missing on the front mast). The ship has an American flag above the spanker sail, rigging and stays, and bow sprits. Ten gun ports are painted on the side.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- The Eleanor and Mabel Van Alstyne American Folk Art Collection
- 1850-1899
- ID Number
- CL.65.0906
- accession number
- 256396
- catalog number
- 65.0906
- collector/donor number
- S-83
- Object Name
- weathervane
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 40 in; x 101.6 cm
- place made
- United States: New England
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Folk Art
- Cultures & Communities
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_894775
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-398c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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